Delayed Reaction
Once again, my diligence in updating is waivering. And, as is expected, so much has happened in the past few days...er...weeks since my last entry. I'll try to recap:
Began my Spring Quarter '05. I must admit, I was a little put off after the first few days. Mondays and Wednesdays seemed excruciatingly long with my classes running from 10:30-5:10 and few breaks, math held the potential to be a repeat of Calc I (aka knowing my grade is dependant on every little point, but still making stupid mistakes and not thoroughly understanding everything), History promised to be the most boring, and/or nit-picky class I'd ever take, and my two hour Psychology lectures felt like an eternity. Fortunately, almost all of these feelings have disappeared. Math is fun and understandable, and I have an amusing teacher and buddy in the class (yay for Lis and her genuis worksheet moments, which so far have far outnumbered mine!), my Psych professor is great, and the two hours go very quickly (because I am *gasp* actually listening and interested), as do most of my school days. Woohoo. History is not going so hot, however, seeing as though I looked rather much like an idiot at the quiz tutorial and the discussion, and have gotten a 60, and probably an 80 on my two quizzes. Humph.
The only class I haven't mentioned (or should I say bitched about) is Anthropology. That's because I *another gasp* have no complaints. Not as of yet. The professor is, as some have said, old as dirt, but I still find him very interesting and amusing. The first day we came to class, he gave us a schpiel about how he is lazy and selfish and we can therefore not socialize in class because it makes his work harder. He then proceeded to tell us that he assumed most of us would get bored at at lest some point of the course of the class, so he offered us three alternatives to socializing. Number one was sleeping (though it is a bit more lax at BCC and I've seen plenty of kids dozing in classes, I've never had a teacher give me permission to nod off at my choosing). Number two was picking any object in the room, and "focusing all of your mental energy on it until your mind goes completely blank". The third was to "pick any person in the room and imagine the most erotic, lucrid fantasies possible with them". He then guarenteed us that this would make the class go very quickly indeed. So far though, I haven't had to employ any of his techniques. Except number three, but that was in history...;)
I was eating pretty well this week. Then I went to the Cheesecake Factory with Lis and Dave. Oops. Oh well, suppose one day of splurging in the midst of generally good eating/exercising habits won't hurt...I hope...
SAT's are coming up in a month or two. I'm extremely nervous about them, considering I obsess over every test that I take, and I feel these are unfairly imperative to my acceptance into a good school. And yet I don't know where I want to go! Although these problems are ever-present in my mind, I avoid them constantly by distracting myself with other things, and pretending I don't have to face them. But I do. In almost half a year I'll be finishing my applications, in a year I'll be ready to graduate. My life is going by so fast, and I feel like half the time I'm just watching. There are so many things I need to sort out in my life, but sadly I can't seem to organize my priorities. It's all just happening too fast...oh great, now I've made myself all depressed...*skips back down the yellow brick road of denial*...much better...
I need to start writing, I have so many ideas and they're going to waste. I promised myself I would last summer...well I will now...
I have decided to go to the Eugenian's prom. 'Twill be a blast. We will rent a stag limo, and have a fabulous girl's night out. Did a little browsing for dresses with Lis and Dave today. For a woman of my "endowment", getting the zipper up the last few inches of the ribcage can be a feat. Dave didn't seem to mind the "maximizing" result of the low cut halter, however...:-p
I hope it gets sunny soon - and stays that way.
Began my Spring Quarter '05. I must admit, I was a little put off after the first few days. Mondays and Wednesdays seemed excruciatingly long with my classes running from 10:30-5:10 and few breaks, math held the potential to be a repeat of Calc I (aka knowing my grade is dependant on every little point, but still making stupid mistakes and not thoroughly understanding everything), History promised to be the most boring, and/or nit-picky class I'd ever take, and my two hour Psychology lectures felt like an eternity. Fortunately, almost all of these feelings have disappeared. Math is fun and understandable, and I have an amusing teacher and buddy in the class (yay for Lis and her genuis worksheet moments, which so far have far outnumbered mine!), my Psych professor is great, and the two hours go very quickly (because I am *gasp* actually listening and interested), as do most of my school days. Woohoo. History is not going so hot, however, seeing as though I looked rather much like an idiot at the quiz tutorial and the discussion, and have gotten a 60, and probably an 80 on my two quizzes. Humph.
The only class I haven't mentioned (or should I say bitched about) is Anthropology. That's because I *another gasp* have no complaints. Not as of yet. The professor is, as some have said, old as dirt, but I still find him very interesting and amusing. The first day we came to class, he gave us a schpiel about how he is lazy and selfish and we can therefore not socialize in class because it makes his work harder. He then proceeded to tell us that he assumed most of us would get bored at at lest some point of the course of the class, so he offered us three alternatives to socializing. Number one was sleeping (though it is a bit more lax at BCC and I've seen plenty of kids dozing in classes, I've never had a teacher give me permission to nod off at my choosing). Number two was picking any object in the room, and "focusing all of your mental energy on it until your mind goes completely blank". The third was to "pick any person in the room and imagine the most erotic, lucrid fantasies possible with them". He then guarenteed us that this would make the class go very quickly indeed. So far though, I haven't had to employ any of his techniques. Except number three, but that was in history...;)
I was eating pretty well this week. Then I went to the Cheesecake Factory with Lis and Dave. Oops. Oh well, suppose one day of splurging in the midst of generally good eating/exercising habits won't hurt...I hope...
SAT's are coming up in a month or two. I'm extremely nervous about them, considering I obsess over every test that I take, and I feel these are unfairly imperative to my acceptance into a good school. And yet I don't know where I want to go! Although these problems are ever-present in my mind, I avoid them constantly by distracting myself with other things, and pretending I don't have to face them. But I do. In almost half a year I'll be finishing my applications, in a year I'll be ready to graduate. My life is going by so fast, and I feel like half the time I'm just watching. There are so many things I need to sort out in my life, but sadly I can't seem to organize my priorities. It's all just happening too fast...oh great, now I've made myself all depressed...*skips back down the yellow brick road of denial*...much better...
I need to start writing, I have so many ideas and they're going to waste. I promised myself I would last summer...well I will now...
I have decided to go to the Eugenian's prom. 'Twill be a blast. We will rent a stag limo, and have a fabulous girl's night out. Did a little browsing for dresses with Lis and Dave today. For a woman of my "endowment", getting the zipper up the last few inches of the ribcage can be a feat. Dave didn't seem to mind the "maximizing" result of the low cut halter, however...:-p
I hope it gets sunny soon - and stays that way.